Re: "Whopper" or "monster" flare

Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Wed, 24 Sep 1997 06:53:45

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At 23:56 97/9/23 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm happy to report having seen a monster Iridium flare Monday night!  
                                   ^^^^^^^

Ok folks, this is bugging me.   At first they were "whopper flares", now
we have "monster Flares".   Are they the same or is it a "whopper" up to
magnitude -4 and a "monster" if brighter than that?

>NORAD   date       time   Dir  aI eI  aM  eM  aS   eS Phs  Dur Mag Obs
COSPAR
>24837  97-09-23  01:58:50  S  131 48  084 57  102 -21 145  02  -6  EdC
97030B

Ron Lee

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